Sack-holder



(No Model.)

A.MAY0. SACK HOLDER.

Patented Aug. 13, 1895.

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ALEXANDER MAYO, OF SHEFFIELD, ILLINOIS.

SACK-HOLDER.

l SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 544,585, dated August 13, 1895.v Application iiled March 21, 1895. Serial No. 542,647. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MAYO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheffield, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is inthe nature of a sackholder adaptedv to form a funnel-mouth and support for the sack as it is being filled; and such invention primarily has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensive device of this character to which the sack can easily be applied and which will effectively serve 'for its intended purposes.

My invention also has for-its object to provide a device of this kind constructed in such a manner as to facilitate and render more simple the shoveling or feed operation, whereby less care than ordinarily will be required to throw the grain or other material in the sack, and in consequence enabling the operator to fill the sack in a minimum amount of time.

A stili further object is to provide adevice of the character stated' having its upper or mouth end so constructed that the 'material will be guided toward the bag and be prevented from spilling over the back or the sides as it is discharged from the shoveling-scoop.

IVith other -objects in view, which hereinafter willappear, my invention consists in such novel features of construction and peculiar combination of parts, as will be first described in detailand then be specilically'poi-nted outin the appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a View illustrating the manner in which my improved sack-holder is adapted for use and illustrating fully how the upper portion of the holder serves as a detlector to prevent the spilling of the grain or other ma'- terial. Fig. 2 is a front perspective view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a rear perspective view of the same, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the holder with the bag applied and illustrati-ng the manner in which the holder sets against the wall when in an operative p0- sition.

In the practical construction my improved sack-holder is made of sheet metal, preferably tin, and such holder has its body A formed preferably of a single sheet joined at a by solder or rivets,vit being obvious, however, that, if desired, it maybe formed of two halfsections, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The body A at the lower edge is straight to form a flat base therefor and in horizontal view approximately elliptical in shape, While the ends B B are outward, as shown most clearly in Fig. 2.

The upper edge of the holder has its front portion O disposed parallel with the lower front edge C', while the side portions D of such upper edge curve upward and merge into the rear portion E, which extends upward and forms a back extension E, the upper end of whichis considerably higher than the front edge O, as most clearly shownin Fig 1. The rear face of the holder, near its lower end, has secured to it by rivets or otherwise a handle member F, while the upper end of the extension has two apertures e e, as shown. G G indicate a series of hooks on the body A, placed two at the rear and one at the front near the lower edge, to which the upper end of the sack is hooked, as clearly illustratedin Fig. l.

The manner in which my improved holder is used and the advantages attained by construeting it as shown and described are bestv explained as follows: When it is desired to use the sack-holder, the same is hung on two hooks J J on the side of the granary, which pass th rough the apertures e e, as most clearly shown in Fig. 4. It will be noticed by reference to such Fig. 4 that the handle member bears against the side of the granary, and thereby tilts the lower end of the holder forward away from the wall. This leaves the said lower endY free all around and materially facilitates the attaching of the upper end of.

the sack to the hooks G G. The handle member F, by being disposed upon the rear of the holder in the manner shown, serves a double purpose-that of a handle member, whereby IOO to conveniently lift the holder from place to place, and as an abutment means for holding the lower end of the holder from thewall. Furthermore, by securing the handle on the rear side in the manner shown the front and ends will be left free from projecting portions, (see Fig. 1,) and thereby permit of a free manipulation of the scoop up near the front and ends of the body without danger of knocking the holder off of the hooks J J. It will also be readily understood from Fig. 1 that by eX- tending the back of the holder upward the same forms a defiector or guideportion, which the grain or other materialV is adapted to engage as it is thrown in by the scoop, thereby facilitating the shoveling operation and keeping the grain or other material from spilling. It will be noticed that by constructing the holder in the manner shown the same can be set in position anywhere against a wall or post in such a manner that the sack can be almost instantly attached or detached.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-` ent, is-

An improved article of manufacture, a sackholder comprising a funnel-like body having at the lower outer edges hooks to support the sack, its ends being flared outward, the top of the front portion being disposed parallel with the bottom, the tops of the ends curving upward and rearward, the rear wall of the body being extended upward to form a shield or guide, the upper edges of which merge with the upper edges of the ends, said extension having apertures near the top, and a projecting handle member formed on the rear face of the body at a point beneath the aforesaid apertures, all arranged substantially as shown and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I` afElX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER MAYO.

Witnesses:

G. P. PETTEE, AUGUSTUS MYERS. 

